Tragedy as Newark Jewish Theatre Floor Collapses
A crowd of about ten thousand gathered when the New Century Hall on Morris Avenue Newark collapsed its lobby floor killing Mrs Rebecca Schwartz and injuring many others. The tragedy occurred during a Yiddish theatre performance in a crowded lobby causing numerous hospitalizations. Police and fire units contained the panic as injured patrons were rushed to City Hospital and nearby facilities.
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City Hospital
Morris Avenue
Fifteenth Avenue
Newark
N. J
Rebecca Schwartz
Livingston Street
New Century Hall
Anna Solomon
Benjamin Bornstein
Bornstein
Abramson
Joseph
West Kinney Street
Benjamin
George
Mary
Canal Street
Goldberg
David
Charlton Street
Goldman
Ida
Mundrayv
Adolph
Jones Street
Ringleib
William
Sipter
Lizzie
Swick
Teresa
Livingoor Street
Sarah
Schmidt
Charles
Tursky
Morris
Sicilian Blackmail Arrest Ties Redhaired Magnano to Letters
Calogero Magnano of 22 Carmine Street, a redhaired Sicilian, was arrested for a second time on Saturday night and arraigned in Jefferson Market Court on an attempted blackmail charge. Police tied him to two “Black Hand” letters to Savio Giuseppe and Leter Labravico, both demanding money. Magnano, armed with a loaded revolver, Italian dirk, and scissors, is held in $1,000 bail pending examination.
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Calogero Magnano
Carmine Street
Angelina
Magnano
Savio Giuseppe
Hancock Street
Goerck Street
C. B. Labravico
Grand Street
Washington Square Park
Giuseppe
Labravico
Angelino
Labravico’s
Wahle
French torpedo school ship Algesiras burned at Toulon
The torpedo school ship Algesiras, moored in Toulon harbor, was destroyed by fire with 500 men aboard. All but three were rescued as crews fought flames with tugboats and fireboats. Six torpedoes exploded. three missing sailors were not found after attempting to abandon ship. The vessel, launched in 1855 and 5,047 tons, had served as a harbor and torpedo training ship since 1894.
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Toulon
Algesiras
Patrie
la Hire
Missing social leader Lydia Priest in Brooklyn disappearance
George H. Priest reports his daughter Lydia Priest missing from 55 Pineapple Street Brooklyn. She is described as 32 tall with brown hair and has connections to charitable work and Manhattan Trade School. Neighbors recall her leaving in a brown suit with a suitcase around noon.
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George H. Priest
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Columbia
Pineapple Street
Brooklyn
Lydia
Miss Priest
Manhattan
Priest
Far Rockaway
Mr. Priest
Dunne Declines Chairmanship of Tillman Meeting
A Chicago committee led by Rev. A. J. Carey asked Mayor Dunne to deploy police to block Senator Tillman’s race address next Tuesday night. Dunne replied by declining to chair the event and sent a letter to Adele Keeler of the Chicago Union Hospital explaining his stance and support for orderly processes.
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Chicago
A. J. Carey
Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church
Dunne
Senator Tillman
Adele Keeler
Chicago Union Hospital
Tillman
A New Texas Pipe Line Expansion Reported
Beaumont Texas November 23 Special to The New York Times It was learned that the Texas Pipe Line Company led by President J B Cullinane has raised its capital from 6 million to 12 million in oversubscribed New York financing. Five million is set aside to build a Tulsa Oklahoma to Houston Texas pipeline connecting with the Beaumont Port Arthur line. Construction is to begin around January and be hurried.
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New York Times
Beaumont
Texas
Texas Pipe Line Company
J. 8
Cullinane
Standard Oil
New York
Texas Company
Tulsa
Indian Territory
Houston
Port Arthur
Sore Throat and Cold in Chest Advent Omega Oil Ad
An old advertisement notes Omega Oil as a remedy for sore throat and chest cold. It promotes a trial bottle for 10 cents with a brief call to action. The item reflects period marketing language and price labeling.
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Bottie
Subway Train Crash Traps Passengers in Lenox Avenue
A rear end collision at the 116th Street station on Lenox Avenue caused injuries to several riders. An express train fuse blew out and a local train, driven by Motorman Edward Cadwell, struck it. Cadwell jumped free as passengers fought to escape amid flying glass and wood splinters. Police and hospital aid were called to manage the crowd and treat two women with concussions.
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116Th Street
Lenox Avenue
West 125Th Street
Sweeney
Ninety-sixth Street
Wilson
J. Hood Wright
Edward Cadwell
Broadway
Brooklyn
Cadwell
Bronx Park
Inspector Sweeney
Page
Sabine Friedman
East Seventh Street
Valera Bach
Amsterdam Avenue
Merritt
York
Unions Clash Over Theatre Choristers Policy
The Central Labor Union in Philadelphia criticizes the Choristers' Union for demanding year round employment at the New Columbia Theatre. The committee notes opera has given way to drama, and the theatre will hire union choristers only when needed. Union leaders call the demands arrogant while urging fairness.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Central Labor Union
New Columbia
Edward Mintzer
William Shakespeare
Cigarmakers’ Union
Higgins denies engagement to Emma Calvé
Eugene Higgins of New York denied tonight that he was engaged to Emma Calvé the singer. The Marseilles rumor that he was her fiancé was emphatically rejected by Mr Higgins.
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Mr. Higgins
Mme. Calve
Marseilles
Eugene Higgins
New York
Emma Calvé
Poland Spring Notice Appears on Page 5 Ad Section
Public notice indicates a Poland Spring announcement appears on page five within the advertisement section. The item references a consumer or regional notice but lacks specific dates, actions, or parties readable from the fragment.
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Soe
Poland
Roosevelt Nears Home In Chesapeake Bay Rendezvous
The president is expected to pass the Virginia Capes this afternoon aboard the Louisiana which reports 205 miles off Cape Henry and 200 miles southeast of Cape Henry. The Mayflower Yacht will rendezvous at Piney Point while Secretary Taft and Loeb plan to meet at Wolf Trap Light in the lower Chesapeake Bay.
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Virginia Capes
Louisiana
New York
Cape Henry
Piney Point
Norfolk
Norfolk Navy Yard
President Roosevelt
Panama
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
Washington
Hampton Roads
Potomac River
Charleston
S. C
de Forest
Beaufort
N. C
United States
Diamond Shoals
Hatteras
Roosevelt
Taft
Loeb
Chesapeake Bay
Wolf Trap Light
Queen Reports King Charles Illness in Letter
Vienna reports Queen Carmen Sylva, royal house physician and nurse, releases a letter on King Charles illness detailing a year of pain and静patience. The queen notes milk diet and recumbent rest easing pain, peaceful nights, and days filled with reading as she tends the king herself.
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Vienna
Roumania
Neue Fréie Presse
Charles
Carmen Sylva
Senate Row Talk From Jefferson Davis In Mobile
Gov. Jefferson Davis in Mobile declares that harmony is not enough and predicts a first class row in the United States Senate with Bob Taylor Pitchfork Tillman and the Vardaman man. He denounces bucket shops as ruinous to homes and calls the New York Cotton Exchange a gambler’s plaything of the South’s staple.
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New York Times
Mobile
Jefferson Davis
United States
Arkansas
United States Senate
Bob’ Taylor
Tennessee
Tillman
South Carolina
Vardaman
Mississippi
Senate
New York Cotton Exchange
Great
Strike in Seventeen Theatres Affect Central Union
Delegates of the Actors Protective Union announce that strikes will hit seventeen theatres and amusement venues under their control to press the Musical Mutual Protective Union and Theatrical Protective Union to re employ the old chorus. Engineers and backstage workers join the action until these unions comply, and no affiliated unions will hire Musical Union members for balls or entertainment events.
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Actors’ Protective Union
Musical Mutual Protective Union
Theatrical Protective Union
Metropolitan Opera House
Musical Union
Quiet Sunday as Hamilton streets see limited tram service
Hamilton Ontario reports a quiet Sunday amid two days of street railway employee strike unrest. Some cars ran, while outlying areas saw stones hurled and blank cartridges fired under wheels. Riot Act read and crowd ban enforced. troops warned to act severely against future mobs.
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Hamilton
Ontario
Splendid Train Service Changes by Baltimore & Ohio
The New Cincinnati and St. Louis Daylight Special will depart New York at 1:30 A.M. with sleepers to Baltimore Washington and St. Louis. The Chicago Limited moves from West 23d Street at 7:50 A.M. to Liberty Street with a 3:00 A.M. departure.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Cincinnati and
St. Louis
New York
Liberty Street
Baltimore
Washington
West 23d Street
Deadly germs released in hospital fire shock Pittsburgh
A laboratory explosion at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh released cultures of deadly diseases including anthrax and tetanus. Firemen and hospital staff avoided contagion, with names tracked for incubation periods as disinfectants were applied and lab gear disinfected. The blaze was confined to the lab.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Mercy Hospital
Beverly machinist to spread wealth from oil lands
Theodore E. Davis of Beverly, a factory worker for United Shoe Machinery, inherits a quarter of a million dollars from Standard Oil for Frankfort, Ind. He plans to share the fortune with family, friends, and co workers, including sending his wife’s parents to Scotland and funding the factory sick benefit fund. Ten month old Ida Titus will receive ten thousand dollars placed in a Beverly bank. The land had been bought for a friend in distress, not valued by Davis before the windfall.
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New York Times
Beverly
Mass
Standard Oil Company
Frankfort
Ind
Theodore E. Davis
United Shoe Machinery Company
Montreal
Canada
Davis
Scotland
Ida Titus
William Titus
McKay Street
Davises
Eleven Die as Football Casualties Fall in 1906
The Chicago Tribune reports 1906 saw eleven football player deaths and 104 injuries in the United States, compared with 18 deaths and 159 injuries in 1905. High school play shows a marked casualty decline under new rules, with no fatalities among major colleges this year.
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Chicago
United States
Chicago Tribune
the Tribune
Cuban Raiders Surrender Near Cienfuegos
A small eight-man band near Cienfuegos surrendered to Rural Guards. The group was led by the former Chief of Police of Cienfuegos, ousted by the Provisional Government and then took to the bush.
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The,new York Times
Havana
Cienfuegos
Faction Seeks Helen Gould Donation to Buy Out Gambling Hubs
In Hot Springs Arkansas a local faction appeals to Miss Helen Gould to fund a drive to purchase and close gambling houses. Proceeds would finance a public library a Y M C A home and other public institutions to occupy the properties.
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New York Times
Hot Springs
Ark
Helen Gould
Young Men’s Christian Association
Masked Robber Strikes Train Near Glasgow Missouri
A lone masked robber armed with a revolver robs fifteen passengers on an eastbound Chicago and Alton train near Glasgow Missouri after midnight. He boards the rear car as the train pulls away and is arrested soon after, jailed in Glasgow.
Irene Bentley Weds Librettist in Boston
Boston reports Miss Irene Bentley the actress in The Belle of Mayfair at the Colonial Theatre was married Friday afternoon to Harry B. Smith the librettist. Mr. Smith departed town today.
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Boston
Irene Bentley
Colonial Theatre
Harry B. Smith
Lipton Trusts Our Club in America Cup Talk
Sir Thomas Lipton told reporters in Liverpool that he will not voyage to the United States until a cup race is held and expressed strong faith that the New York Yacht Club will enforce the rules. He noted U S prosperity and busy factories with orders secured for years ahead. He praised American hospitality toward Britons.
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Liverpool
Thomas Lipton
United States
New York Yacht Club
Thomas
Missing passenger Miss A Browning on Clyde Line Iroquois
Miss A Browning who boarded the Clyde Line steamer Iroquois in Charleston for Jacksonville is missing on arrival in Jacksonville. Her unoccupied berth, luggage, and late-night deck activity suggest she may have jumped overboard. No identification found.
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Jacksonville
Fla
A. Browning
Charleston
Clyde Line
Slovo to Reemerge Under Feodoroff Editorship
The defunct Slovo, once the Octobrists’ organ, will appear November 29 under editor M. Feodoroff who replaced M. Timiriazeff in the Ministry of Commerce. During the campaign it will back Peaceful Regenerationists' candidates with Count Witte funding the revival.
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ST. Petersburg
Slovo
M. Feodoroff
M. Timiriazeff
Ministry of Commerce
Count Witte
Mayor Vallillee Arrested After Buckingham Sawmill Riot
Ottawa reports Buckingham Quebec mayor Vallillee was arrested and charged with failing to read the Riot Act during the sawmill strike riot. six strikers are also in custody.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Vallillee
Buckingham
Quebec
NO AIRSHIPS FOR PEARY IN ARCTIC PLAN
Commander Robert E. Peary said he cannot announce plans for a further arctic voyage until after he meets friends in New York. The Roosevelt's Newfoundland crew will be paid off and the ship overhauled at North Sydney with a new crew. Peary favors sledging for pole work but would support airship use if a reliable craft existed.
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Halifax
Robert E. Peary
Sydney
New York
Roosevelt
North Sydney
Peary
Newfoundland
Far North
North Pole
Arctic
Thanksgiving Train to Atlantic City From New York
Special Pennsylvania Railroad train will depart New York at 12 55 P M Wednesday November 28 for Atlantic City with parlor car and dining car. Regular through trains run at 9 55 A M and 2 55 P M on weekdays and 7 55 A M Sundays.
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Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Renouncing Episcopal Ministry in Rochester Pastor Seeks Deposition
The Rev. Dr. Algernon Crapsey, pastor of St. Andrew's Church in Rochester, declares renunciation of the ministry and asks Bishop Walker to depose him under Canon 81. He argues his modern interpretation of Jesus and the creeds conflicts with the church, but says he remains a believer in Jesus and urges others with similar views to stand firm.
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Algernon
Crapsey
St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church of
Rochester
William David Walker
Western New York
Buffalo
Edward M. Shepard
Iris
St. Andrew's Rectory
Protestant Episcopal Church
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Lenox Avenue Express
MR. Roosevelt
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Actors’ Union
Usher
Tana Madse
Miss Gould
Alton Road
Lipton
Miss A. Browning
Witte
DR. Crapsey
Court of Free Intelligence
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John
Philip
Moses
Jesus of Nazareth
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